Only The Bad Man Is Alone.

No Man Has Received From Nature The Right To Command His Fellow Human Beings.

Passions Destroy More Prejudices Than Philosophy Does.

There Are Three Principal Means Of Acquiring Knowledge... Observation Of Nature, Reflection, And Experimentation. Observation Collects Facts; Reflection Combines Them; Experimentation Verifies The Result Of That Combination.

The Good Of The People Must Be The Great Purpose Of Government. By The Laws Of Nature And Of Reason, The Governors Are Invested With Power To That End. And The Greatest Good Of The People Is Liberty. It Is To The State What Health Is To The Individual.

Only Passions, And Great Passions, Can Raise The Soul To Great Things. Without Them There Is No Sublimity, Either In Morals Or In Creativity. Art Returns To Infancy, And Virtue Becomes Small-minded.